#DBC651#DBC651

#DBC651 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.137 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC651
RGB	rgb(219, 198, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, -6.22, 59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 59.86, 95.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0218 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.137 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.8948, 56.0446, 15.9198)
Luminance	0.5604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC651 #5166DB

analogous

#DB8151 #DBC651 #ABDB51

triadic

#DBC651 #51DBC6 #C651DB

tetradic

#DBC651 #51DB81 #5166DB #DB51AB

square

#DBC651 #51DB81 #5166DB #DB51AB

split-complementary

#DBC651 #51ABDB #8151DB

monochromatic

#93811E #C6AE29 #DBC651 #E5D784 #F0E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DBC651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#DBC651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC651

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC651	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 198, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.137 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d787',
    500: '#dbc651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc651;
$custom-light: #e9d787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82237,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC651

secondary

#384798

accent

#59E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC651

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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